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... Northern War . Abandoning the no- tion of a grand European alliance against the Turks , Peter hurriedly concluded peace with the Ottomans in 1700 and promptly joined in an ad- venture against Sweden , then at the height of its power ...
... Northern War . Abandoning the no- tion of a grand European alliance against the Turks , Peter hurriedly concluded peace with the Ottomans in 1700 and promptly joined in an ad- venture against Sweden , then at the height of its power ...
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... Northern Ireland ; formerly a separate kingdom . Area : 30,412 square miles , or 78,767 sq km ( 32 % of the total area of the United Kingdom ) . Popuation : ( 1971 census ) : 5.2 million ( 9.5 % of the population of the United Kingdom ) ...
... Northern Ireland ; formerly a separate kingdom . Area : 30,412 square miles , or 78,767 sq km ( 32 % of the total area of the United Kingdom ) . Popuation : ( 1971 census ) : 5.2 million ( 9.5 % of the population of the United Kingdom ) ...
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... northern Eurasia , Greenland , and North America and in landlocked lakes of extreme western Eu- rope . Their range extends south to Hudson Bay and Labrador , the Sea of Okhotsk , northern Japan , and the northern Bering Sea . They are ...
... northern Eurasia , Greenland , and North America and in landlocked lakes of extreme western Eu- rope . Their range extends south to Hudson Bay and Labrador , the Sea of Okhotsk , northern Japan , and the northern Bering Sea . They are ...
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